CUC 100 Sustainability & Academic Literacies

A documentary about the positive impacts to the environment due to last year's lockdowns.

Documentary shows what happens to Earth when you take humans out of circulation for a year The Year Earth Changed shows the unexpected byproduct of the pandemic — and suggests a way out of our current environmental predicament.

Parks Australia accused of 'dirty tactics' as it asks for Kakadu prosecution to be dropped Parks Australia fails in its bid to avert a court case related to Kakadu, with the sacred sites watchdog vowing to continue its prosecution as Indigenous custodians express dismay.

The seaside town developing so fast it's drowning itself

Rising sea levels are visibly changing some parts of the Top End Freshwater floodplains around Australia's largest national park are being visibly transformed as rising sea levels push further from the coast into their river systems.

Ranger uranium mine ceases production after 40 years of operation THE nation’s longest running uranium mine ceases production today, closing the door on Jabiru’s 40-year history as a mining town.

There are fears the K’gari-Fraser Island bushfire has 'massively impacted' unique ecosystems The fire, which has been burning for seven weeks, has so far torn through 85 hectares - more than half the World Heritage-listed island.

Singapore approves sale of lab-grown chicken nuggets in world first Singapore has given a US start-up the green light to sell lab-grown chicken meat, in what the firm says is the world's first regulatory approval for so-called "clean meat" that does not come from slaughtered animals.

Is the Northern Territory ripe for an avocado boom? Australia's biggest avocado production nursery is confident the Northern Territory has a big role to play in the industry's future.

SA to roll out ban of single-use plastics in Australian first South Australia becomes the first state in Australia to ban single-use plastics, but the new rules will not come into force until next year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Australia set to record lowest CO2 emissions since 1998, due to coronavirus Australia's carbon dioxide emissions have dropped to their lowest levels in more than two decades, as coronavirus restrictions demolished consumption of jet fuel and petrol, official data suggests.

When rehoming wildlife, Indigenous leadership delivers the best results Western science often focuses on specific parts of complex ecosystems, but Indigenous knowledge systems consider all parts as interconnected and inseparable. This achieves better conservation results.